Baltic Amber (Ernst and Nordmann collection, NHMD): Priabonian, Russian Federation

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Arachnida - Araneae - Dipluridae
Clostes ? priscus Menge 1869
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Arachnida - Araneae - Zodariidae
Adorator hispidus (Koch and Berendt 1854)
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Arachnida - Araneae - Dictynidae
Eodictyna communis Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 2 specimens
Arachnida - Araneae - Cyatholipidae
Spinilipus longembolus n. sp. Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Spinilipus glinki Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
no. 52
Arachnida - Araneae - Synotaxidae
Dubiosynotaxus perfectus Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Succinitaxus brevis Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Arachnida - Araneae - Linyphiidae
Custodela tibialis n. sp. Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Arachnida - Araneae - Anapidae
Balticoroma serafinorum Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
Balticoroma ernstorum Wunderlich 2004
Wunderlich 2004 1 specimen
no. 173
Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiidae
Kochiuridion pecten Wunderlich 2008
Wunderlich 2008 1 specimen
Insecta - Diptera - Diopsidae
Prosphyracephala succini (Loew 1873)
1 specimen
Insecta - Hymenoptera
Basalys villumi n. sp. Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022
Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022 2 specimens
NHMD-608360, 608369 (2 measurements)
Doliopria baltica n. sp. Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022
Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022 1 specimen
NHMD-608374 (2 measurements)
Belyta knudhoejgaardi n. sp. Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022
Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022 2 specimens
NHMD-608408, 608400
Cinetus breviscapus n. sp. Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022
Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022 1 specimen
NHMD-300622 (2 measurements)
Cinetus elongatus n. sp. Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022
Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022 1 specimen
NHMD-608402 (2 measurements)
Pantolyta augustinusii n. sp. Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022
Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022 5 specimens
NHMD-300829, 608391, 608404, 608406, 608412
Pantolyta similis n. sp. Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022
Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022 1 specimen
NHMD-608468 (2 measurements)
Pantolyta chemyrevae n. sp. Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022
Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022 1 specimen
NHMD-608448 (2 measurements)
Pantoclis globosa n. sp. Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022
Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022 2 specimens
NHMD-608414, 608394 (4 measurements)
Spilomicrus succinalis n. sp. Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022
Brazidec and Vilhelmsen 2022 3 specimens
NHMD-607131, 608344, 608354
see common names

Geography
Country:Russian Federation State/province:Kaliningrad
Coordinates: 54.9° North, 19.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:53.9° North, 15.2° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: According to Aleksandrova and Zaporozhets (2008), the higher parts of the Prussian Formation (including the Blaue Erde or Blue Earth) belong to the Charlesdowniea clathrata angulosa dinocyst Zone. Based on its index species, this zone is concurrent to Zone W13 established in the Parisian basin (Châteauneuf and Gruas-Cavagnetto 1978), where it is correlated with nannoplankton zones NP18–NP21 (Powell, 1992) of the Priabonian. In the Paleogene zonation of northwestern Europe, the first occurrence of Thalassiphora fenestrata is designated at the base of the dinocyst Subzone D12b (36.20 +/- 0.1 Ma), which is correlated with zones NP18 (terminal part)–NP20 of the Priabonian (Luterbacher et al., 2004).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: amber
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,amber
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Formerly in private collection of P. Ernst and K. Nordmann, Skagen (Denmark). Now at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.
Metadata
Database number:123907
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-02-02 05:30:32 Last modified:2022-04-14 00:35:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-02 05:30:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
39891. M. Kotrba. 2009. Prosphyracephala kerneggeri spec. nov. – a new stalk-eyed fly from Baltic amber. Spixiana 32:187-192 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

81343 M. Brazidec and L. Vilhelmsen. 2022. New species of belytine and diapriine wasps (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) from Eocene Baltic amber. European Journal of Taxonomy 813:57-86 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47829 J. Wunderlich. 2004. The fossil spiders (Araneae) of the family Synotaxidae in Baltic amber. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1189-1239 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47834 J. Wunderlich. 2004. The fossil spiders of the family Linyphiidae in Baltic and Dominican amber (Araneae: Linyphiidae). In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1298-1373 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47837 J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil spiders of the family Dictynidae s. l., including Cryphoecinae and Hahniinae in Baltic and Dominican amber and copal from Madagascar, and on selected extant Holarctic taxa, with new descriptions and diagnoses. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1380-1482 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47817 J. Wunderlich. 2004. The fossil mygalomorph spiders (Araneae) in Baltic and Dominican amber and about extant members of the family Micromygalidae. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:595-631 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47846 J. Wunderlich. 2004. Fossil spiders (Araneae) of the family Zodariidae in Baltic amber, with remarks on their subfamilies including the Cryptothelinae and the Homalonychinae. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1578-1611 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47826 J. Wunderlich. 2004. The fossil spiders of the family Anapidae s. l. (Araneae) in Baltic, Dominican and Mexican amber and their extant relatives, with the description of a new subfamily Comarominae. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1020-1111 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47828 J. Wunderlich. 2004. The fossil spiders (Araneae) of the family Cyatholipidae in Baltic amber. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1155-1188 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
47531 J. Wunderlich. 2008. On extant and fossil (Eocene) European comb-footed spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with notes on their subfamilies, and with descriptions of new taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 5:140-469 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]